Motor-hydrocarbon-supply device.



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MOTOR -HYDHQCARBON SUPPLY DEVICE.

APPLC/TION FILED Tui/W20, |916. v

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La"iriav erlesene ernten HORACE L. PATTERSON, 0F OTISVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE ADAPTO MFG. C0., INC., 0F OTISVILQE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HORACE L. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Otisville, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor-l-lydrocardo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device for supi plying hydro carbon to gas engines, and has for one of its objects the provision of a device which is capable of being applied to any type of gas engine but is more particularly designed for use in connection-with automobile engines.

Another object of this invention is the provision of means for -readily controlling a supply of hot air and hot water or steam,

to the carburetor, by the operation of a single lever Within easy reach of the pperator.

A further object ofthe invention is to position a hot air hood over the exhaust manifold of the engine and to run a water pipe from a suitable source of supply through this hot air hood to the-carbureter whereby the water may be converted into hot Water or steam in its passage through the hood'to the carbureter.,`

A still'v further object of this invention is the provision of novel means for heating the air and the water by the exhaust manifold of the engine.

These land other objects and advantages will more fully appear as the. nature of the invention is more clearly understood from the following specification, the subject matter of the claim, and tl'1eviews illustrated in tlieaccoinpanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of the front portion of a motor vehicle, partly broken away and shown in section, showing the invention in applied operative position thereon,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the valve ving employed, the. operating stem for the valve therein being shown as partly broken awa Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional view, on line 8-3 of Fig. 2, showing the detail concasing and the valve struction of the valve operating therein.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar reference characters denote correspond Speci'caton of Letters Eatent.

the gasolene supply pipe 17 Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

i Application filed May 20,1916. Serial No. 98,754.

the carbureter 10, these parts being those of any well known form of engine.

For supplying hot air to the carbureter 10, the upwardly extending,r hot air pipe 11 is suitably secured to tliecarbureter 10 and is provided at its upper end with the elongated hood or casing 12 provided with the corrugated or scalloped portions so that the bottom of the hood or casing 12 will rest upon y, and partially embrace the branch pipes 7 of the exhaust manifold' 8, the corrugated or scalloped bottom 13 of the bottom of the hood or casing 12 project downwardly between the branch pipes 7 and between the exhaust manifold 8 and the engine 6, so that the air passing through the open end 14 of the hood or casing 12 is eiiiciently heated by the exhaust branch pipes 7, manifold 8 and the adjacent side of the engine 6, whereby the air passes from the hood or casing 12 through the hot air pines 11 to the carbureter 10 in thorough heated condition, and for supplying the liquid fuel to the carbureter 10 the main fuel supply pipe 15 is provided. V

Suitably positioned beneath the seat 5 of the vehicle is the tank 16 for containing pure gasolene, the tank 1G being provided with and also suitably positioned beneath the seat 5 is the tank 1S for containingkerosene or a mixture of kerosene and gasolene, the kerosene and gasolene being mixed in any suitable proportions, but preferably mixed at a ratio of three parts kerosene to one part gasolene, although in certainmotors pure kerosene may be used without the gasolene, and for the ako of clearness and convenience the tank 1S will be hereinafter described as the kerosene tank to avoid confusion, the kerosene tank 18 is provided with the kerosene supply pipe 19. i i' For supplying hot water orsteam to the carbureter 10 the water tank 20 is provided and positioned preferably at the left hand side of the engine at a point on the horizontal. plane with the carbureter 10 or below the exhaust viding the hot water heater or steam gen.

eratingportion 22 and projects from the opposite end` of the hood or casing 12 to provide the steam pipe 23 which has its free l -end suitably secured to the carbureter 10 for injecting Vsteam into the mixing chainber therein and provided with the valve 24 for regulating the flow ofthe hot water or steam, lthe discharge end of the steam pipe 23 being secured and positioned in the carbureter at a point just back of the controlling damper in the carbueter.

For controlling and regulating the supply of gasolene, the supply of the mixture of kerosene and gasolene,- andthe supply of water, to the engine, there is interposed be tween the gasolene supply pipe 17, the kerosene supply pipe 19,'the fuel supply pipe 15, and in the water pipe 21, the valve casing 25 provided with the nipple 26 having the port 27 therethrough, the nipple 28 having the port 29 therethrough, the nipple 30 having the port 31 therethrough, and the nipple 32 having the port 33 therethrough, the gasolene supply pipe 17 being secured to the nipple 26,

the fuel supply pipe 15 leading to the ear-- bureter 10 being secured to the nipple 28,

- the kerosene supply pipe 19 being secured to the nipple 30, and the drain pipe 34 be- -ing connected to the nipple 32=and provided with the drain valve The nipples 26, 28, 30, and 32 of the valve casing 25 are positioned upon the periphery of the valve casing` in proximity to its upper end and at points substantially ninety degrees apart. rllhe valve casing is also provided with the oppositely disposed nipples 36 having ports therethrough and to the nipples 3G are seleured the adjacent ends of the water pipe 21. The nipples 36 are positioned upon the valve casing 25 at points in proximity to the lower end of the valve casing 25 and in alinement with each other considerably oft' center or to one side of the diameter of the l valve casing 25.

Rotatably mounted within the valve casing 25 is the valve 37 provided `with the threaded stein 38 which is engaged by the plate nut 39 and washer 40 for securing the valve 37 within the valve casing 25.4 rThe valve 37 is provided with the radial port 41 and the radial port 42, the inner ends of the ports 41 and 42 Communicating with each other and the ports being disposed in right disposed at one side of the diameter of the valve 37 or offset from its longitudinal axis. lhevalve 37 is provided at its upper end with the operative lug 44 to which is connected by the bolt `45 the fork 46 of the valve v operating stem 47 vwhich passes upwardly through the aperture 48 of the foot board 4 and has its upper end revolubly mounted inv the bracket 49 secured upon the rear side of the dash board 3, the upper end of the valve operating stein 47 is provided withthe operating lever 50, and secured upon the stem 47 below the lever 50 is the pointer 51A for coacting with the dial plate 52 secured upon the upper surface of the bracket 49' for indieating the 'respective adjustments of the valve 37 and the relative positions of its ports with the ports of the valve casing.

After the engine has been running a suicient length of time to efficiently heat the engine and its manifold exhaust, the operator turns the lever 50 for. positioning the valve 37 in the position shown in Fig. 3, whereby the kerosene inthe tank 18 `will now'low through the pipe 19 through the valve casing and valve and the main fuel pipe .Vl te the carbnreter 10 thereby becoming aci-ated by the hot air from the hot air pipe 11 which air has been heated in its passage through the hood or casing 12. At the same time water is drawn from the tank 2O through .the first section ot the pipe 21 within the heated hood or casing 12 where the water is heated or converted into steam and issues from the generating portion 22 through the steain pipe portion 23 of the pipe 21 and is injected into thervaporizedA kerosene in the carburetor 10.

Should it be desired to drain the kerosene from the tank 18, or the gas from the tank 1G, the handle 50 isrotated to actuate the controlling` valve whereby either kerosene or gas may be drained from the discharge or drain pipe l-i.

Another feature being in the specific 4oonstruction of the lhood or casing 12 and its manner of contact with the engine cylinders, the exhaust branch pipes and the exhaust nvianifold of the engine, whereby the air is eliciently heated iu its passage through the hood and the water pipe passing through the hood is also heated to a sufficient degree to convert the water passing therethrough into a sutiiciently heated state or steam for use in connection with the mixture or kero- `sene and gasolene, or kerosene alone.

.While the preferred embodiment of the invention is herein illustrated and described, minor alterations and variations may be y made thereinfrom time to time to meet the exigenoies of the ease Without departing, from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

In a motor vehicle, the combination with the engine, exhaust manifold, and the carbureter thereof, of a hood disposed over said exhaust manifold, a hot air pipe leading from said hood to said oarbureter, a hydro- HORACE L. PATTERSON.

`Witnesses:

'FLOYD C. RonsoH, HARRIET D. HOLLEY. 

